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§ 4.91 - List of approved names.
The following grape variety names have been approved by the Administrator for use as type designations for American wines. When more than one name may be used to identify a single variety of grape, the synonym is shown in parentheses following the grape variety names. Grape variety names may appear on labels of wine in upper or in lower case, and may be spelled with or without the hyphens or diacritic marks indicated in the following list.
Aglianico Agawam Albariño (Alvarinho) Albemarle Aleatico Alicante Bouschet Aligoté Alvarelhão Alvarinho (Albariño) Arneis Aurore Auxerrois Bacchus Baco blanc Baco noir Barbera Beacon Beclan Bellandais Beta Biancolella Black Corinth Black Malvoisie (Cinsaut) Black Monukka Black Muscat (Muscat Hamburg) Black Pearl Blanc Du Bois Blaufränkish (Lemberger, Limberger) Blue Eye Bonarda Bountiful Brianna Burdin 4672 Burdin 5201 Burdin 11042 Burgaw Burger Cabernet Diane Cabernet Doré Cabernet franc Cabernet Pfeffer Cabernet Sauvignon Calzin Campbell Early (Island Belle) Canada Muscat Canaiolo (Canaiolo Nero) Canaiolo Nero (Canaiolo) Captivator Carignan (Carignane) Carignane (Carignan) Carlos Carmenère Carmine Carnelian Cascade Castel 19-637 Catawba Cayuga White Centurion Chambourcin Chancellor Charbono Chardonel Chardonnay Chasselas doré Chelois Chenin blanc Chief Chowan Cinsaut (Black Malvoisie) Clairette blanche Clinton Colombard (French Colombard) Colobel Corot noir Cortese Corvina Concord Conquistador Couderc noir Counoise Cowart Creek Crimson Cabernet Cynthiana (Norton) Dearing De Chaunac Delaware Diamond Dixie Dolcetto Doreen Dornfelder Dulcet Durif (Petite Sirah) Dutchess Early Burgundy Early Muscat Edelweiss Eden Ehrenfelser Ellen Scott Elvira Emerald Riesling Erbaluce Favorite Feher Szagos Fernão Pires Fern Munson Fiano Flame Tokay Flora Florental Folle blanche Forastera Fredonia Freedom Freisa French Colombard (Colombard) Frontenac Frontenac gris Fry Fumé blanc (Sauvignon blanc) Furmint Gamay noir Garnacha (Grenache, Grenache noir) Garnacha blanca (Grenache blanc) Garronet Geneva Red 7 Gewürztraminer Gladwin 113 Glennel Gold Golden Isles Golden Muscat Graciano Grand Noir Green Hungarian Grenache (Garnacha, Grenache noir) Grenache blanc (Garnacha blanca) Grenache noir (Garnacha, Grenache) Grignolino Grillo Gros Verdot Grüner Veltliner Helena Herbemont Higgins Horizon Hunt Iona Interlaken Isabella Island Belle (Campbell Early) Ives James Jewell Joannes Seyve 12-428 Joannes Seyve 23-416 Kerner Kay Gray Kleinberger La Crescent LaCrosse Lagrein Lake Emerald Lambrusco Landal Landot noir Lenoir Léon Millot Lemberger (Blaufränkish, Limberger) Limberger (Blaufränkisch, Lemberger) Louise Swenson Lucie Kuhlmann Madeline Angevine Magnolia Magoon Malbec Malvasia bianca (Moscato greco) Mammolo Maréchal Foch Marquette Marsanne Mataro (Monastrell, Mourvèdre) Melody Melon (Melon de Bourgogne) Melon de Bourgogne (Melon) Merlot Meunier (Pinot Meunier) Mish Mission Missouri Riesling Monastrell (Mataro, Mourvèdre) Mondeuse (Refosco) Montefiore Montepulciano Moore Early Morio-Muskat Moscato greco (Malvasia bianca) Mourvèdre (Mataro) Mourvèdre (Mataro, Monastrell) Müller-Thurgau Münch Muscadelle Muscat blanc (Muscat Canelli) Muscat Canelli (Muscat blanc) Muscat du Moulin Muscat Hamburg (Black Muscat) Muscat of Alexandria Muscat Ottonel Naples Nebbiolo Négrette Negrara Negro Amaro Nero d'Avola New York Muscat Niagara Noah Noble Noiret Norton (Cynthiana) Ontario Orange Muscat Palomino Pamlico Pedro Ximenes Peloursin Petit Bouschet Petit Manseng Petit Verdot Petite Sirah (Durif) Peverella Picpoul (Piquepoul blanc) Pinotage Pinot blanc Pinot Grigio (Pinot gris) Pinot gris (Pinot Grigio) Pinot Meunier (Meunier) Pinot noir Piquepoul blanc (Picpoul) Prairie Star Precoce de Malingre Pride Primitivo Princess Rayon d'Or Ravat 34 Ravat 51 (Vignoles) Ravat noir Redgate Refosco (Mondeuse) Regale Reliance Riesling (White Riesling) Rkatsiteli (Rkatziteli) Rkatziteli (Rkatsiteli) Roanoke Rondinella Rosette Roucaneuf Rougeon Roussanne Royalty Rubired Ruby Cabernet St. Croix St. Laurent St. Pepin St. Vincent Sabrevois Sagrantino Saint Macaire Salem Salvador Sangiovese Sauvignon blanc (Fumé blanc) Sauvignon gris Scarlet Scheurebe Sémillon Sereksiya Seyval (Seyval blanc) Seyval blanc (Seyval) Shiraz (Syrah) Siegerrebe Siegfried Southland Souzão Steuben Stover Sugargate Sultanina (Thomspon Seedless) Summit Suwannee Sylvaner Symphony Syrah (Shiraz) Swenson Red Tannat Tarheel Taylor Tempranillo (Valdepeñas) Teroldego Thomas Thompson Seedless (Sultanina) Tinta Madeira Tinto cão Tocai Friulano Topsail Touriga Traminer Traminette Trebbiano (Ugni blanc) Trousseau Trousseau gris Ugni blanc (Trebbiano) Valdepeñas (Tempranillo) Valdiguié Valerien Valiant Valvin Muscat Van Buren Veeblanc Veltliner Ventura Verdelet Verdelho Vergennes Vermentino Vidal blanc Vignoles (Ravat 51) Villard blanc Villard noir Vincent Viognier Vivant Welsch Rizling Watergate Welder White Riesling (Riesling) Wine King Yuga Zinfandel Zinthiana Zweigelt